Police need public’s help to ID purse snatcher

Houston police are asking the public’s help to track down a suspect who stole a woman’s purse outside a Kingwood movie theater on July 10.

The victim, 48, was standing outside Starplex Cinemas at 350 Northpark Dr. and talking on her cell phone when the man came up from behind and ripped her purse from her arm about 6:20 p.m., investigators said.

The woman was thrown to the ground and sustained scrapes and bruises to her stomach, arms and knees, police said.

The thief ran to a red Mustang with pinstripes and fled the scene. Witnesses said it had a partial license plate of BHR.

The suspect is described as a white male in his early to mid 20s, was about 5 feet 9 and weighed about 180 pounds. He had a goatee and was wearing a light blue plaid sports shirt, tan cargo shorts, hightop basketball sneakers and a baseball cap.

Anyone with information on the suspect is urged to contact the HPD Robbery Division at 713-308-0700, or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477 (TIPS).